Why the effect of impending Yahoo! layoffs on Yahoo! Voice should be minimalReading the reports of what are beleved to be at least several hundred impending Yahoo! layoffs tells me both a lot and a little about the short-to-mid-term future of Yahoo!January 21, 2008 by Russell Shaw in CXO
These three bikini-wearing lasses will "clean" your iPhone "screen"Oh, lighten up, wouldya?The website 2dayblog has managed to get a hold of a video that shows a bikini-wearing young vixen woman cleaning an iPhone screen.January 21, 2008 by Russell Shaw in iPhone
There's no such creature as an enterprise iPhone fanboyApple is now pushing the iPhone for business customers.Two-year AT&T Mobility contract, voice and data, $45 a month for unlimited data, visual voice mail and 200 SMS.January 21, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Apple
Has Vonage stopped selling WiFi phones? If so, why?Perusing through Vonage's own forum (as opposed to the independently owned and run Vonage Forums), I've found a thread that raises the issue of whatever happened to the Vonage WiFi phone The thread has been started by someone named tophtml, asks the question about why it is so difficult to find the Vonage Starcom F1000 or F3000 WiFi Phone.Obviously doing his research, tophtml writes:When will Vonage and/or their authorized retailers begin offering Vonage WiFi Phones again?January 21, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Mobile Carriers
RIAA site was hacked today: are the hackers right, or wrong?Earlier today, Sunday, the site of the let's sue infringing college kids-happy Recording Institute of America (RIAA) was hacked clean.The site is back up now ,but for the few hours it was down, all the pages looked like the grab TorrentFreak took, and we replicate here.January 20, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Enterprise Software
Here are five of the reasons why tech customer support "sucks"You so totally need to purchase the February issue of Wired.Just went on sale, and I got mine.January 19, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Enterprise Software
Reader: here's the inside story on Comcast truck "repaints"Back on Thursday, I wrote a post riffing on the meaning of the fact that Comcast has apparently been painting some of their trucks with Comcast Digital Voice marketing messages.I surmised that repaints were indications-if not evidence- that Comcast is pumpin' up the jams on the voice (don't call it VoIP) component of their bundled broadband service offering.January 19, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Mobile Carriers
And the scariest prediction about enterprise VoIP security in 2008 is...VoIP security solutions provider Sipera Systems has posted their list of what their Sipera VIPER Labs sees as the five top VoIP Security Threats for 2008.Before I offer this list, two caveats:First, when a company with technological solutions posts their predictions, it is almost always a tacit declaration on their part that they know what is going on, and they have a solution just for you.January 19, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Networking
Whatever happened to: the iPhone's planned two-pane Inbox?On his personal blog, Engadget chief Ryan Block illustrates his recollection that a year ago at Macworld 2007, one Mr. Jobs showed the then unreleased iPhone as containing a two-pane e-mail client.January 19, 2008 by Russell Shaw in iPhone
Sprint bloodletting: a lesson in the consequences of hubrisInvolutary disconnection of loyal customers who asked too many questions, or roamed, too often. Lack of controls in place to prevent other relationship gasps.January 19, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Mobile Carriers
iPhone volume not loud enough? Stab it! Go ahead! YEA!!Yes, really.Specifically, on the Forums section of modmyifone, skorpiond writes that he's used a needle to really trick out the speaker volume on his iPhone.January 18, 2008 by Russell Shaw in iPhone
Hacker working on native Skype app for AppleTVHacker Brandon Holland tells Appletvhacks of a project he is working on that would make Skype calls possible on an AppleTV.Hey Apple TV Hacks, I have started developing a Skype Plugin that will utilize the Skype API and make the user able to make calls and send text messages to anyone on there Skype contact list.January 18, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Apple
Skype "mood feature" security vulnerability reportedFrom Vinius, Lithuania, Internet security expert Miroslav Lu?inskij blogs about what sounds like a security bug in a Skype partner feature related to the danger of executing "malicious script content" through the "mood feature" option available as part of a video selection option tied to that mood.January 17, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Security
Report: Vonage's website traffic down 90% from a year ago. Here's what this meansAccording to Max Freiert of Web site traffic research and analyis firm Compete.com, Vonage's own website traffic was down 90% in December, 2007 as compared to December, 2006.January 17, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Developer
Seen today: Comcast truck repainted with Digital Voice pitchI was sitting outside a chic French bakery this morning, munching on a croissant.I then look across the street, see that Comcast truck, whip out my BlackBerry Curve and take that pix.January 17, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Mobility